“What we do know is that we still want to talk safety and make sure people are understanding the use of helmets is going to protect them and it’s going to lessen the serious nature of those accidents,” he says.

Browne says the number of young people getting hurt on ATVs concerns him, especially because most of these accidents are preventable.

“We’ve got enough knowledge base out here and the citizens do," Browne says. "There’s no reason why these numbers are on the increase in my opinion.”